Background: Fungal infections such as Candida in pediatric patients are associated with worse clinical outcomes and increased costs, yet it is not definitively known if particular Candida species are associated with worse clinical outcomes than...

I examined male endocrinology and social bonds in relation to dominance status in four groups of wild white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, in the Santa Rosa Sector of the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. I used noninvasive...

An understanding of the pathways responsible for differentiation in pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) would accelerate their translation to medical therapies. Specifically, studies that identify criteria for the better design of experiments targeting...

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) suppress effector immune responses and have been implicated in promoting chronic viral infections. Their role during influenza infection and vaccination, however, is still unclear. Influenza is a major public health...

Background: Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection with worldwide; it is particularly prevalent amongst HIV positive women. The infection is commonly considered easily treatable, yet repeat infection rates in HIV...

Hepatitis C can be viewed as an acquired genetic disease and represents a major potential application of gene therapy. The development of successful gene therapy protocols requires a therapeutic gene capable of blocking viral gene expression or...

Quantitative transmission of Dipetalonema viteae larvae into jirds, Meriones unguiculatus, and subsequent development of the larvae has not been studied. An attempt was made here to study the effects of size of inoculum (5, 20, 75 or trickle...